The summer holidays are officially here, so Elaina Ryan, CEO of Children’s Books Ireland and a team of avid young readers joined Oliver Callan on RT\u00c9 Radio 1 for the 2026 Children’s Summer Book Show Special.<\/p>\n
They reviewed books for all ages. Here, we will take you through titles aimed at Primary School children.<\/p>\n
The show kicked off with young reviewers in studio Caoileann N\u00ed Fhiannachta (8) and Erin Hearne (7) in studio – press play up top to listen now.<\/p>\n
Books reviewed:<\/p>\n
The Flying Feminist
\nWhen Tad Kicked Vlad
\nPablo and Splash Viking
\nKoalas in Capes: The Zombie
\nL\u00faisc\u00edn<\/p>\n
We need your consent to load this rte-player contentWe use rte-player to manage extra content that can set cookies on your device and collect data about your activity. Please review their details and accept them to load the content.Manage Preferences<\/a><\/p>\n Then we moved on to children’s books for ages 10-12 with Aisling Hearne (12) and Keelan Hearne (11).<\/p>\n Books reviewed:<\/p>\n The Thing about Giants For any young people who might want to take part as a book reviewer in the future, ask a grown-up to email the team at oliver@rte.ie.<\/p>\n You can listen to the full show with reviews of titles for teens and young adults here<\/a>.<\/p>\n For more content from Children’s Books Ireland visit – www.childrensbooksireland.ie<\/a><\/p>\n
\nSaving Grace
\nThe Case of the Disappearing Double
\nThe Common Criminals<\/p>\n